Laryngitis Lessons
I started to lose my voice on Sunday night, and it continued to get worse yesterday at work. By the time I arrived home, I could only squeak out a few words. I had lost my voice.
The voice is a powerful thing.
Our voices let others know we are here. Our voices tell others about us. And our voices help us stand up for what we believe.
Many of us use our voices to promote worthy causes. We proclaim to others the things that matter most to us.
There are many people in the world who don’t have a voice. Sure they can speak, but they are not heard. They do not have the power to standup for what they need, what they deserve, and for what they believe in. How can this be in a world and time when everyone is supposed to have something to say? How is it that people’s voices are muffled? Why is it that people are shut down because they are poor or fatherless or without a husband?
It makes me sad to think that people do not have a voice.
And the sad thing is that many people who call themselves Christians stand by and let it continue. We allow injustice. We don’t stand up for those who can’t stand for themselves. This is so contrary to the teachings in the New Testament. In the book of James, we are taught about religion that is true.
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27
As Christ followers we have a responsibility and a privilege to look after those who don’t have a voice. You personally can be the voice for someone in need. Don’t sit on the sidelines. Don’t settle for your comfortable existence. Stand up. Be a voice. Take action today.
I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. Psalms 116:1-2
Hopefully, my voice will come back in the next day or two. It makes life so much easier.